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Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Selected for Endowed Professorships

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The women who have been selected for endowed appointments are Deanna Kerrigan at Rutgers University, Jo Hardin at Pomona College, Anna Lemnitzer at West Texas A&M University, Aliaa Bassiouny at Washington and Lee University, and Kimryn Rathmel at Ohio State University.

A Quartet of Women Scholars Selected for Endowed Professorships

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The women selected for new endowed professorships are Pamela Keel at Florida State University, Kish Parella at Washington and Lee University in Virginia, Sharlene Smith at Florida Southern College, and Gretchen Henderson at Rhodes College in Tennessee.

In Memoriam: Mimi Milner Elrod, 1944-2025

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Dr. Elrod was an administrator at Washington and Lee University for 22 years, including several years as first lady after her husband, John Elrod, became W&L's twenty-second president. She was also a local politician, serving as the first woman mayor of Lexington, Virginia from 2008 to 2016.

A Trio of Women Selected for Endowed Faculty Positions

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The new endowed professors are Leslie Edgar at the University of Idaho, Beth Belmont at Washington and Lee University in Lexngton, Virginia, and Amanda Thomas at the University of California, Davis.

Five Women Professors Taking on New Roles at Universities

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The women who have received new academic appointments are Jackie Goodway at Michigan State University, Amanda Randles at Duke University, Constance Katsafanas at Florida Atlanta University, Andrea Nahmod at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Alex Klein at Washington and Lee University.

Elizabeth Oliver Receives Lifetime Service Award from the American Accounting Association

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Dr. Oliver, the Lewis Whitaker Adams Professor in Commerce at Washington and Lee University in Virginia, has been recognized for her lifetime achievement in accounting education and leadership within the profession.

Nneka Dennie Receives National Book Prize for Outstanding Bibliographical Scholarship

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Dr. Dennie's award-winning book, Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Essential Writings of a Nineteenth-Century Black Radical Feminist, examines the works of North America's first Black woman newspaper editor.

In Memoriam: Joan Marie Shaughnessy, 1953-2024

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Shaugnessy served as a professor of law at Washington and Lee University for four decades. Her scholarly work focused on personal jurisprudence, parental rights, and legal issues arising from poverty and child neglect.

Five Women Scholars Selected for Endowed Faculty Positions

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The appointments to endowed professorships are Suzette Malveaux at Washington and Lee University, Jennifer Steffy at Vincennes University, Michelle Geoffrin-Vinci at Lafayette College, Martha Castañeda at Miami University, and Laba Obradovic at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

Ten Women Appointed to University Administrative Positions

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Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

Eight Women Appointed to Administrative Roles in Higher Education

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Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

Three Women Academics Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs

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Penelope Andrews was appointed the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law at New York Law School. Anca Parvulescu was named the Liselotte Dieckmann Professor in Comparative Literature at Washington University in St Louis and Melissa R. Kerin has been selected as the next Roger Mudd Professor of Ethics at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.

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In Memoriam: Deborah Pellow, 1945-2025

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Seven Women Professors Who Are Taking on New Responsibilites

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